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Friday, October 18, 2002
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=4021 Challenger centers motivate students to excel in science From eSchool News staff and wire service reports The Colorado Springs, Colo., eighth-graders stared intently at their manuals, confident they would complete their mission. But this was no ordinary school assignment: During a recent visit to the city’s new Challenger Learning Center, the students used their math, science, and communications skills to successfully probe a comet’s tail. Programs at the center, which opened in September, are designed to increase student interest in science, math, and technology. The center targets middle school students because they are at the age where they begin to choose their career focus. The students—half of them boys and half girls—were the first to try the “Rendezvous with Comet Encke” space mission at the center. Other missions have students use their math, science, and technology skills to explore the moon, build a satellite, or rescue a third-world community from an imminent natural disaster....
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